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Spiritual practices are specific activities you do to deepen your relationships with the sacred and the world around you. They can include meditation, breathing exercises, prayer or conducting rituals. They can be done alone or in the company and with others.   #1 Plan Your Spirituality Practice Life is full of choices and if you want to live a more spiritual life and appreciate its benefits, you’ll want to make choices that allow you to practice spirituality regularly. Studies on spirituality and psychological well-being show a positive association but sometimes (let’s be honest, all of ..read more

From the moment we are born, and throughout our lives, we are actors performing on a stage. As William Shakespeare said in his play As You Like It, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. And one man in his time plays many parts.” When we are born, we enter the world with a spiritual identity and spiritual nature that, for many people, is most innate in childhood. As people grow and experience life, the ideals and beliefs of others become prominent, and children inevitably put on their masks and become actors in their lives ..read more

As an insightful retailer, the pursuit of spiritual balance is the cornerstone to your success. Yet, in the changing economy of independent retail stores, the drive to keep revenue at an optimal level while staying profitable can dry up the spiritual balance of your business. When your balance tips to a hyper-focus on money, culture, well-being, health, productivity, and employee retention will suffer. The integration of spiritual purpose into the business landscape is something you already understand and in the overall business world is becoming not only a trend but a necessity for attracting ..read more

If you’re planning to expand your business into new markets or launch new products, you need to find your target markets to maximize your success. A target market is a group of people, also known as end users, that are identified to be your product or services best potential customers. They are categorized in a group because they share certain characteristics. For example, if you’re trying to sell a book, your end-user customer is a reader who has the desire and the money to buy your book. So, knowing who your potential customer is very important and that target market is important because the ..read more

Our peace through music journey actually began long before we released our first albums back in 1979. Most people know us for our music, but few may realize how our original creative expression came from making videos, starting in 1970, with an early black and white video camera. When Dean and I met 1968, he had just completed his master’s degree in molecular biology, and I had returned from learning photography in Japan and traveling around the world. Dean became a recording engineer in Manhattan, and we wanted to get into filmmaking, so we began to search for a 16 mm film camera. When we dis ..read more

As an entrepreneur, motivation usually isn’t a problem. Getting everything done is a different story. Until I figured out I needed a better system to help me stay focused. When I was writing my book I rarely had fewer than a dozen tabs open on my computer. I had books stacked alongside my desk and magazine articles littered throughout my house after I ripped them out for reference. Ironically, I was stressing out writing a book about how to be less stressed.   Lack of Focus and Stress Journaling every morning has been part of my life for years as my form of meditation. It’s intentional. I ..read more

Part 2   To ascertain achievable goals and accomplish them, you’ll have to do a little pre-analysis. If you don’t know where you’ve been, and where you actually are, then planning and implementing achievable goals for the future will be harder than it has to be. To start, we have do an analysis. Ask yourself, “What are the current trends in my marketplace? Who is my competition? What am I doing better than my competitors and what are they doing better than me? What are my business’ strengths and weakness? What is my monthly capital outlay and profit?  How much extra capital do I have ..read more

While economic predictions for the coming year vary widely according to the source, certain trends that emerged during 2023 will become larger and more important. Small business owners, in particular, should consider incorporating a way to capitalize on some or all of these trends in their business model to keep pace with the competition. Integrating some or all of today’s business trends also offers customers a dynamic of relevancy and currency and can offer distinction in today’s highly competitive business world. 1. Longevity Over the past decade, an increasing paradigm shift surrounding ag ..read more

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